Now practise the use of the idioms.

Circle the correct answer:

1. Who exaggerate to be funny?

a. people who ham it up

b. people who go to pieces

2. Who eat too much?

a. people who make pigs of themselves

b. people who go bananas

3. Who always have other things to do?

a. people who get to the core of things

b. people who have other fish to fry

4. Who tell secrets?

a. people who spill the beans

b. people who hear it through the grapevine

5. Who often have hurt feelings?

a. people who are thin-skinned.

b. people who are tough nuts to crack

6. Who know which side their bread is buttered on?

a. people who are apple polishers

b. people who have peaches-and-cream complexions

7. Who is the boss?

a. a lemon

b. the top banana

4.3 Match the idiom with its meaning:

Example: 1. something that doesn't work — e) a lemon

4.4 Complete the sentences using idioms:

1. I told her I didn't like her new haircut. Now she's crying. She's

really _________.

2. June accidentally told Sam's secret. She didn't mean to _________.

3. He always acts silly when people are watching- He likes to

_________.

4. When he hears the good news, he's going to _________.

5. When she hears the bad news, she's going to _________.

6. I'm sorry you have a stomachache, but I told you not to _________

yourself.

7. How can you say that playing tennis is more fun than reading a

book? You're _________.

8. Alex failed the test, so he said that Ms Scott is a bad teacher. It's

just _________.

9. My cousin has beautiful skin. She has a _________.

10. Timmy always makes trouble. He gets the other children to

misbehave. His teacher says: «_________».

11. Jimmy, never makes trouble. He's the teacher's favorite. His

teacher says: «He's ______».

Vocabulary

to be on the blink в плохом состоянии; не в порядке; при

последнем издыхании

plongeur фр.мойщик посуды в ресторане;
(a dishwasher)

to show up неожиданно появиться

to wolf down заглотить, проглотить, жадно съесть

to get away with smth остаться безнаказанным

Take that hill. зд.Возьмите эту высоту.

5. Questions for discussion:

1. What experience has the writer had in the restaurant business?

2. What kind of a restaurant is he working at now?

3. Why does he have to work under pressure?

4. What does he know about System D? What does «D» mean?

5. When did the system start? Why?

6. What does he write about the difference between what all chefs want and the real life?

7. Why does he compare the kitchen to battlefield?

8. What do you think of this comparison?

VOCABULARY

equipment the tools, clothes that you need to do particular activity

chore a small job that have to do regular work

hose a long rubber or plastic tube which can be moved and bent

to put water

insect a small creature such as a fly or ant that has six legs

rodent any small animal of the type that has long, sharp teeth

food handling procedure something do with the help of hands

oven a piece of equipment that food is cooked inside

perform something to entertain people

scribe something to the past whose job was to make

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